Pallet

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure provides a pallet. The pallet includes a main body, a clamping device configured on the main body and having a clamping groove, and a clamping plate mounted in the clamping groove. The clamping groove forms a number of groups of grooves corresponding to the clamping plate for clamping the clamping plate, and the clamping plate engages with the corresponding groove to fix packing boxes of different size. The pallet of the present disclosure can fix packing boxes of different size by fixing the clamping plate in different grooves.

BACKGROUND

1. Technical Field

The present invention relates to technologies of package material, andmore particularly, to a pallet for cargo turnovers.

2. Description of Related Art

In order to improve a loading rate of liquid crystal module packages,the liquid crystal modules are often stacked in multilayer. At present,a pier corner of a plastic pallet is often “

” shaped to facilitate the forking of a manual forklift and an automaticforklift. However, this kind of structure may bring the followingproblem that if the difference between a size of the paper box placed onthe pallet and the size of the plastic pallet, including a length andwidth of the plastic pallet, is less than a width of the pier corner ofthe plastic pallet, the liquid crystal module in the lower paper box maybe crushed after the upper pallet in stacks fall down. Referring toFIGS. 1 to 3, in which FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing that a size ofa conventional pallet matches with that of a paper box; FIG. 2 is aschematic view showing that the size of a single conventional palletdoes not match with that of the paper box; and FIG. 3 is a schematicview showing that the size of the stacked pallet does not match withthat of the paper box.

As shown in FIG. 1, when stacking the conventional pallets 1, if thesize of the paper box 3 matches with the size of the pallet 1, the paperbox 3 can be fixed. As shown in FIG. 2, if the size of the paper box 3does not match with the size of the pallet 1, and the difference Hbetween the size of the paper box 3 and the size of the pallet 1 isgreater than or equal to a width L of the pier corner 2 of the pallet 1,after a number of pallets 1 are stacked together and are loaded, thelower paper box may be tilted towards one side of the pallet 1 due tovibration and swaying of the car during transportation. The pier cornershown in the portion A in FIG. 3 may slide down from an edge of thelower paper box 3, which causes the pallet 1 to lose the supportingpoint and further results in the falling down of the stacked pallets.

Additionally, since the liquid crystal modules can be applied inproducts of different size, correspondingly, the sizes of the paperboxes used for packing the liquid crystal modules may be differed fromeach other. Thus, the plastic pallets of different size are required tomeet the requirements of stacking the paper boxes of different size,which results in a variety of sizes of the pallets in the productionline. Additionally, the cost of the open model of the plastic pallet isrelatively expensive. On the other hand, if universal paper boxes areused to pack the liquid crystal modules of different size, the cost ofthe package material may be increased.

SUMMARY

The main object of the present disclosure is to provide a pallet formeeting the requirements of stacking packing boxes of different size andthereby stably fixing the packing boxes of different size.

For achieving the above object, the pallet provided in the presentdisclosure includes a main body, a clamping device configured on themain body and having a clamping groove, and a clamping plate mounted inthe clamping groove. The clamping groove forms a number of groups ofgrooves corresponding to the clamping plate for clamping the clampingplate, and the clamping plate engages with the corresponding groove tofix packing boxes of different size.

Preferably, the clamping plate is L shaped and a thickness of theclamping plate is greater than or equal to a width of the correspondinggroove.

Preferably, the clamping groove includes a number of parallel lateralgrooves and a number of parallel longitudinal grooves intersecting withthe lateral grooves.

Preferably, a height of the pallet extends towards the packing box onthe top pallet in stacks.

Preferably, the number of the clamping device is four and the fourclamping devices are respectively arranged at four corners of the mainbody.

Preferably, the number of the clamping plate is two and the two clampingplates respectively fix two opposite corners of the packing box.

Preferably, the clamping groove is structured as a number of “

”-shaped characters being arranged in parallel.

Preferably, the clamping groove is structured as a number of “

”-shaped characters being arranged in parallel.

Preferably, the clamping groove is structured as a number of F-shapedcharacters being arranged in parallel.

Preferably, a height of the clamping plate is greater than a depth ofthe corresponding groove.

Preferably, the clamping device is integrally formed with the main body.

Preferably, the main body is made of plastic.

Preferably, the clamping plate and the main body are made of the samematerial.

Preferably, the clamping plate is made of high density polyethylene,polypropylene, or paper.

Preferably, the clamping device is independent from the main body, andthe clamping device is fixed to the main body by being attached to themain body or by being clamped to the main body.

Preferably, the main body is made of plastic.

Preferably, the clamping plate and the main body are made of the samematerial.

Preferably, the clamping plate is made of high density polyethylene,polypropylene, or paper.

Preferably, the number of the clamping plate is equal to that of theclamping groove.

Preferably, the clamping plate is “

” shaped.

The clamping groove of the pallet of the present disclosure isconfigured with a number of groups of grooves, and the clamping platecan engage with the corresponding groove to fix the packing boxes ofdifferent size. Thus, the pallet of the present disclosure can fix thepacking boxes of different size by clamping the clamping plate 30 indifferent grooves. Thus, one size of the pallet can be produced tocorrespond to the packing boxes of different size, which improves thegenerality of the pallet, saves transportation cost, and thus saves thecost required for open model to produce pallets of different size.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Many aspects of the embodiments can be better understood with referenceto the following drawings. The components in the drawings are notnecessarily dawns to scale, the emphasis instead being placed uponclearly illustrating the principles of the embodiments. Moreover, in thedrawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing that a size of a conventional palletmatches with that of a paper box;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing that the size of a singleconventional pallet does not match with that of the paper box;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing that the size of the stacked palletdoes not match with that of the paper box;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a pallet in accordance with a firstembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a three-dimensionally exploded view of the pallet of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the pallet of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the portion B of FIG. 6 corresponding toassembly ways of different kinds of clamping plates;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a lengthened structure of the clampingplate of the pallet; and

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a pallet in accordance with a secondembodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The disclosure is illustrated by way of example and not by way oflimitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which likereferences indicate similar elements. It should be noted that referencesto “an” or “one” embodiment is this disclosure are not necessarily tothe same embodiment, and such references mean at least one.

Referring to FIGS. 4 to 8, in which FIG. 4 is a schematic view of apallet in accordance with a first embodiment of the present disclosure;FIG. 5 is a three-dimensionally exploded view of the pallet of FIG. 4;FIG. 6 is a top view of the pallet of FIG. 5; FIG. 7 is an enlarged viewof the portion B of FIG. 6 corresponding to assembly ways of differentkinds of clamping plates; and FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a lengthenedstructure of the clamping plate of the pallet.

The present disclosure provides the pallet in accordance with a firstembodiment. The pallet includes a main body 10, a clamping device 20configured on the main body 10 and having a clamping groove 21, and aclamping plate 30 mounted in the clamping groove 21. The clamping groove21 includes a number of groups of grooves corresponding to the clampingplate 30 for clamping the clamping plate 30, and the clamping plate 30engages with the corresponding groove to fix packing boxes 40 ofdifferent size.

In specific application of the pallet, the to-be-fixed packing box 40 isplaced on the main body 10 and is located in the space defined by theclamping device 20. After that, suitable grooves are selected accordingto the size of the packing box 40 and the clamping plate 30 is insertedinto the corresponding groove. The packing box 40 can be a paper box ora plastic box, etc, which is not limited in the present disclosure. Thepacking box 40 is a hexahedron with a quadrilateral bottom surface,thus, two of the clamping plates 30 diagonally arranged can be used tofix the packing box 40. Additionally, the number of the clamping plate30 is equal to that of the clamping groove 21. Preferably, the number ofthe clamping plate 30 can be four, and the four clamping plates 30 canbe used to fix four corners of the bottom surface of the packing box 40,which allows the packing box to be fixed more stably. As shown in FIG.7, the clamping plate 30 can be fixed in the clamping groove 21 indifferent ways. In this way, different grooves can be flexibly selectedto engage with the clamping plate 30 according to different sizes of thepacking boxes 40.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, by configuring a number ofgroups of grooves in the clamping groove 21, the clamping plate 30 canengage with the corresponding groove to fix the packing boxes 40 ofdifferent size. Thus, the pallet of the present disclosure can fix thepacking boxes 40 of different size by clamping the clamping plate 30 indifferent grooves. Thus, one size of the pallet can be produced tocorrespond to the packing boxes 40 of different size, which improves thegenerality of the pallet, saves transportation cost, and thus saves thecost required for open model to produce the pallets of different size.

In the present disclosure, the clamping plate 30 can be “

” shaped, at this time, two of the clamping plates 30 can be combined tofix one corner of the packing box 40. Preferably, the clamping plate 30can be L shaped and a thickness of the clamping plate 30 is greater thanor equal to a width of the corresponding groove. With the thickness ofthe clamping plate 30 being greater than or equal to the width of thecorresponding groove, the clamping plate 30 can engage with thecorresponding groove tightly and securely, which avoids the looseness ofthe clamping plate 30 after the clamping plate 30 is inserted into thecorresponding clamping groove 21. Additionally, the L-shaped clampingplate 30 can simplify and ease the fixing of the clamping plate 30;meanwhile, a number of L-shaped clamping plates 30 can be used to fixfour corners of the packing box 40, thereby fixing the packing boxstably and avoiding the looseness of the packing box 40 relative to themain body 10.

Specifically, the clamping groove 21 is composed of a number of parallellateral grooves and a number of parallel longitudinal groovesintersecting with the lateral grooves. For example, the clamping groove21 can be structured as a number of “

”-shaped characters being arranged in parallel, or can be structured asa number of “

”-shaped characters being arranged in parallel, which is not limited inthe present disclosure, provided that there are different kinds ofcombinations of the grooves in the clamping groove 21 in which theclamping plate 30 can be inserted. In the present disclosure, theclamping groove 21 is structured as a number of F-shaped charactersbeing arranged in parallel. As shown in FIG. 8, in the embodiment, anumber of grooves in the clamping groove 21 can engage with the clampingplate 30.

Specifically, the clamping devices 20 are respectively configured at thefour corners of the main body 10. Additionally, when stacking thepallets of the present disclosure, for example, when a number of packingboxes 40 need to be placed on a same plane of the main body 10, theclamping devices 20 can be configured according to the number of thepacking boxes 40. As shown in FIG. 8, when stacking the pallets 30,eight clamping devices 20 are required if two packing boxes 40 areplaced on each layer of the pallet 30. Each packing box 40 is fixed byevery four clamping devices 20.

In the present disclosure, a height of the clamping plate 30 is greaterthan a depth of the corresponding groove. And the height of the clampingplate 30 can be determined according to the size of the packing boxloaded on the pallet. In the present disclosure, the height of theclamping plate 30 can be suitably lengthened. As shown in FIG. 8, afterthe clamping plate 30 is clamped, the height of the clamping plate 30can at most reach the top packing box 40. This structure can stably fixthe middle packing box 40, and avoid the inclining or sliding of themiddle packing box 40 caused by the swaying of the stacked pallets intransportation and thus avoid the crushing of the packing box 40 causedthereby.

In the embodiment, the clamping device 20 and the main body 10 areintegrally formed. Preferably, the main body 10 is made of plastic.Being made of plastic, the forming of the main body 10 is facilitated,thus, the clamping device 20 can be integrally formed with the main body10 to facilitate the production of the clamping device 20 on the mainbody 10 and to save the production cost.

In the embodiment, high density polyethylene, polypropylene, or papercan be selected and used as the material of the clamping plate 30.Preferably, the clamping plate 30 and the main body 10 are made of thesame material. With the clamping plate 30 and the main body 10 beingmade of the same material, the clamping plate 30 and the clamping groove21 can engage with each other more tightly, thereby tightening theconnection between the clamping plate 30 and the pallet.

Referring to FIG. 9, which is a schematic view of a pallet in accordancewith a second embodiment of the present disclosure.

The present disclosure further provides a pallet of a second embodiment.The difference between the pallet of the second embodiment and the firstembodiment lies in that, the clamping device 20 of the second embodimentis independent from the main body 10, and the clamping device 20 can befixed to the main body 10 by being attached to the main body or by beingclamped to the main body. After the clamping device 20 is in use formany times, the width of the clamping groove 21 may become greater dueto the repetitive friction between the clamping groove 21 and theclamping plate 30, making the clamping plate 30 being incapable ofengaging with the clamping groove 21 tightly. In this case, the clampingplate 30 may become loosening after being inserted into the clampinggroove 21. At this time, the used clamping device 20 can be detached andreplaced by a new clamping device 20, which prevents the whole palletfrom being replaced and thus reduces the cost. Furthermore, the clampingdevice 20 can be preferably clamped to the main body 10 to simplify theassembly and disassembly of the clamping device 20.

Even though information and the advantages of the present embodimentshave been set forth in the foregoing description, together with detailsof the mechanisms and functions of the present embodiments, thedisclosure is illustrative only; and that changes may be made in detail,especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts withinthe principles of the present embodiments to the full extend indicatedby the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claimsare expressed.

What is claimed is:
 1. A pallet, comprising a main body, a clampingdevice configured on the main body and having a clamping groove, and aclamping plate mounted in the clamping groove; the clamping grooveforming a plurality of groups of grooves corresponding to the clampingplate for clamping the clamping plate, and the clamping plate engagingwith the corresponding groove to fix packing boxes of different size. 2.The pallet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the clamping plate is L shapedand a thickness of the clamping plate is greater than or equal to awidth of the corresponding groove.
 3. The pallet as claimed in claim 2,wherein the clamping groove comprises a plurality of parallel lateralgrooves and a plurality of parallel longitudinal grooves intersectingwith the lateral grooves.
 4. The pallet as claimed in claim 3, wherein aheight of the pallet extends towards the packing box on the top palletin stacks.
 5. The pallet as claimed in claim 3, wherein the number ofthe clamping device is four and the four clamping devices arerespectively arranged at four corners of the main body.
 6. The pallet asclaimed in claim 1, wherein the number of the clamping plate is two andthe two clamping plates respectively fix two opposite corners of thepacking box.
 7. The pallet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the clampinggroove is structured as a plurality of “

”-shaped characters being arranged in parallel.
 8. The pallet as claimedin claim 1, wherein the clamping groove is structured as a plurality of“

”-shaped characters being arranged in parallel.
 9. The pallet as claimedin claim 1, wherein the clamping groove is structured as a plurality ofF-shaped characters being arranged in parallel.
 10. The pallet asclaimed in claim 5, wherein a height of the clamping plate is greaterthan a depth of the corresponding groove.
 11. The pallet as claimed inclaim 10, wherein the clamping device is integrally formed with the mainbody.
 12. The pallet as claimed in claim 11, wherein the main body ismade of plastic.
 13. The pallet as claimed in claim 11, wherein theclamping plate and the main body are made of the same material.
 14. Thepallet as claimed in claim 11, wherein the clamping plate is made ofhigh density polyethylene, polypropylene, or paper.
 15. The pallet asclaimed in claim 10, wherein the clamping device is independent from themain body, and the clamping device is fixed to the main body by beingattached to the main body or by being clamped to the main body.
 16. Thepallet as claimed in claim 15, wherein the main body is made of plastic.17. The pallet as claimed in claim 15, wherein the clamping plate andthe main body are made of the same material.
 18. The pallet as claimedin claim 15, wherein the clamping plate is made of high densitypolyethylene, polypropylene, or paper.
 19. The pallet as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the number of the clamping plate is equal to that ofthe clamping groove.
 20. The pallet as claimed in claim 1, wherein theclamping plate is “

” shaped.